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(adj.) seeking to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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acquisitive
(adj.) seeking to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
dynamo
generator for producing electricity; energetic person
emissary
An agent sent on a mission
importune
(v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
inquisition
a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.
court of Catholic Church to punish hearsay
meretricious
gaudy; falsely attractive
meritorious
worthy, deserving recognition and praise
presumption
an assumption that is taken for granted
querulous
(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
subsume
to place in a larger category or under a general heading or principle
sumptuary
designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds
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